Lives of the First World War

M Class Destroyer - service from 15 April 1916 - 9th May 1921

The churchyard, on the West bank of Lough Swilly, contains the graves of sailors whose bodies were washed ashore from H.M.S. Racoon, wrecked when it ran a ground during a snowstorm. These men, of whom one is unidentified, are buried in one plot in the centre of the Churchyard. There are also buried in one grave in this Churchyard, about nine yards North of the Church, six sailors from H.M.S. Magic, sunk by enemy mine. Both groups of burials are marked by collective memorials. One further War Grave, that of Leading Seaman Arthur James Ward, is separate.

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andall WARD, hd, mar,42, Gardener, Domestic Servant, bn Lingwood Jane Ward, wf, mar, 43, bn South Kelsey, Lincoln (rest of family bn Blofield) Randall Ward, son, unm, 17, ag.lab Jane Ward, dau, 15 Eliza Ward, dau, 10, scholar Fredk Ward, son, 7, scholar Herbert L Ward, son, 4, scholar Arthur J Ward, son, 3

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